Laura H Choate, Ed.D., LPC

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Laura is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has worked as a professor of counselor education at LSU for the past 17 years, teaching and supervising master’s level students in their pursuit of mental health and school counseling careers. She has authored over 40 publications and is the author of 4 books: Girls’ and Women’s Wellness: Contemporary Issues and Interventions (American Counseling Association Press, 2008), Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Counselor’s Guide to Treatment and Prevention (edited; American Counseling Association Press, 2013); Adolescent Girls in Distress: A Guide to Mental Health Treatment and Prevention (Springer Publications, 2013); and her most recent book for parents, Swimming Upstream: Parenting Girls for Resilience in a Toxic Culture (Oxford University Press, 2016). She is the current Board Chair of the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners and has been a governor-appointed board member since 2008. She is also an expert parenting blogger on PsychologyToday.com.

Prior to her work as a professor at LSU, Laura worked with individuals, couples, and families in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. While her primary expertise is in the area of girls’ and women’s mental health, she has experience in helping clients with the following issues:
• Depression and anxiety
• Parenting (especially for parents of preteen and adolescent girls)
• Grief and bereavement
• Perfectionism
• Self-esteem and identity issues for adolescents and young adults
• Relationship and family conflict
• Marriage and couples counseling
• Work/family balance concerns
• Adjustment to new life phase (e.g., motherhood, retirement)
• Eating disorders
• Self-injury
• Substance use concerns
• Sexual assault and trauma
• Intimate partner violence

She is pleased to offer counseling appointments on a limited basis. To schedule an appointment, please contact her at (225) 933-0796 or e-mail her for an appointment at laura@brcounselingassociates.com